Some will fight, some will rule, some will pray; and all the rest will toil and suffer sore while on their bleeding carcasses is reared again, and yet again, without end, the amazing beauty and surpassing wonder of the civilized state.

Preview — Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by M.R. James

"I’ve had some deliveries from Kickstarter recently, including a few that have absolutely floated my boat in terms of both look and mechanics. It’s a rare and beautiful thing when a game’s theme is comprehensively supported by the way it plays, and..."
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Preview — The House of Souls
by Arthur Machen

"Utterly charming. A Gentleman in Moscow is a novel to savor, page by page and scene by scene. I loved this book. I'm glad it is being adapted to film -it practically insists on coming to life on screen and provides exquisite detail with which to d..."
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“I had hoped, as a broadcaster, to be merely ludicrous, but this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate.”
―
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.,
Mother Night